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DEFINITION: n. A person who wants to monopolize all of someone's love and tries to prevent them from sharing it with others.v. To monopolize someone's love.
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Controlover
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: kon-troll-of-er
Sentence: Controlovers are stalkers in training.
Etymology: control + love
Amoravore
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: am-or-a-vor
Sentence: Rachel gets jealous just when Doug goes through checkout if the checkout person is female. She is a bit of an amoravore
Etymology: "amora" from the Latin for word "amore" (love); "vore" as in eater.
Cherholder
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: Cher-hol-der
Sentence: David thinks he can hold on to Cher as his girlfriend. His plan is to spend every minute with her so she can't get interested in any men.
Etymology: Cher, david's girl/ hold, to hang on/shareholder, people that hold stock in, or part ownership in something.
Erosponge
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: eee ross punj
Sentence: She was a complete erosponge, mopping up all the juices he could produce.
Etymology: eros, sponge
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COMMENTS:
Clever! - jedijawa, 2007-04-17: 10:12:00
Clever! - jedijawa, 2007-04-17: 18:53:00
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Wildoatstamer
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: wild-oats-tamer
Sentence: Rufus was a renowned oats cultivator, but after meeting Dora, an honest to goodness wildoatstamer, he confined his sowing to his own farm.
Etymology: wild oats (sharing ones love around) + tamer (as in lion tamer, someone who deals with wild things)
Dictatamore
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: dik - taa - ta - mor - a
Sentence: Sean had become a dictatamore and Sarah was feeling stiffled, stiffened and smothered. He was jealous of her dog, her mother and even her stuffed animals.
Etymology: dicatate, amore
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COMMENTS:
Ha! good word! - splendiction, 2009-11-03: 21:13:00
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Jealouse
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: JEH louse
Sentence: Lydia couldn't take it anymore. If she answered her cellphone, Mark would be right there, obviously listening to her side of the conversation. If she didn't take the call, he would "casually" say, "Hmmm... I wonder who was calling?" He would pretend to be doing tasks nearby whenever she was on e-mail, but she knew he was really trying to read over her shoulder. For a while she had thought his possessiveness was sweet, but now she realized he was just a jealouse. It was the same age-old story, except now with technology added.
Etymology: jealous + louse
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COMMENTS:
perfect word! - Nosila, 2009-11-03: 12:10:00
I agree! - splendiction, 2009-11-03: 21:14:00
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Valenmine
Created by: pinwheel
Pronunciation: val/en/mine
Sentence: When he caught her deleting all of his contacts on his cell phone, Dick realised with trepidation that perhaps Julie was a valenmine.
Etymology: Valentine (your beloved one) + mine (all mine, not yours, can't have him, he's mine!)
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COMMENTS:
is that where the seven cupids work? - galwaywegian, 2007-04-17: 07:12:00
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Sin-wat
Created by: vonnegut
Pronunciation: sin-wat
Sentence: "As your husband, I'll want all your love for myself." She stared at me with widening eyes. "A sin-wat!"... "I will not marry a sin-wat." She stood. "Goodbye." "Good-bye?" I was crushed.
Etymology: Created by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., for Cat's Cradle, published in 1963.
Hyperphiliac
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: high-purr-FILL-ee-ack
Sentence: Alex dumped his hyperphiliac girlfriend after she lambasted him for talking to his plants.
Etymology: hyper- (overmuch) + -phil- (love) -iac (person ending). Resembles "haemophiliac" and "hyperglycemia".
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Kurt Vonnegut and first appeared in his novel Cat's Cradle.
Thank you Mr. Vonnegut! ~ James
See the top 4 words of the day at Why were you looking at that girl? ~ James
- 2008-04-20: 01:04:00
good stuffing
- 2008-04-20: 01:08:00
hairy!
Today's definition was suggested by Kurt Vonnegut and first appeared in his novel Cat's Cradle.
Thank you Mr. Vonnegut! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by vonnegut. Thank you vonnegut. ~ James
lumina - 2009-11-04: 17:09:00
Thanks for the welcome back Nos. Totally forgot about this fun place. Time to sharpen my verbotomizing skills again. Helloooo methrohumanx!